ariṣṭanemi

ariṣṭanemi m. (-miḥ) The twenty-second of the twenty-four Jaina Tīrthakaras or saints. Also nemi.

ariṣṭa-nemi (miḥ) 2. m. A Jaina sage.

á-riṣṭa—nemi a mfn. the felly of whose wheel is unhurt (N. of Tārkṣya), RV.

á-riṣṭa—nemi (is) m. N. of a man (named together with Tārkṣya), VS. xv, 18, (said to be the author of the hymn, RV. x, 178), RAnukr.

á-riṣṭa—nemi m. N. of various princes, MBh.; VP.

of a Gandharva, BhP.

of the twenty-second of the twenty four Jaina Tīrthaṃkaras of the present Avasarpiṇī.

ariṣṭa—nemi b N. of Viṣṇu, L.

ariṣṭanemi

m. (-miḥ) The twenty-second of the twenty-four Jaina Tirtha-
kāras or saints. Also nemi.

áriṣṭanemi (a° + ne°) adj. dessen Radfelge unversehrt bleibt, ein Bein. des Tārkṣya (s. d.): arîṣṭanemiṃ pṛtànājâmā̀śuṃ svàstayè tārkṣyâmìhā hûvema ṚV. 10, 178, 1. 1, 89, 6. 180, 10. 3, 53, 17. Erscheint als besondere Person neben Tārkṣya in der Formel VS. 15, 18. HARIV. 12468. 14175. Ihm wird in ṚV. ANUKR. das Lied 10, 178 zugeschrieben; ein Prajāpati R. 3, 20, 9. VĀYU-P. in VP. 50, N. Gemahl von 4 Töchtern des Dakṣa VP. 119. wird mit Kaśyapa identificirt MBH. in VP. 123, N. 23. Vater von Sumati, der 2ten Gemahlin Sagara's R. 1, 39, 4. ein Fürst, Sohn des Ṛtujit VP. 390. ein Sohn von Citraka und Bruder von Pṛthu HARIV. 1921. 2088. — N. des 22sten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī H. 30. nach dem Sch. auch °nemin .

ariṣṭanemi N. pr. eines Gandharva (nach dem Schol.) BHĀG. P. 12, 11, 42.

áriṣṭa-nemi, a., dessen Radfelge [nemí] unversehrt bleibt.

-e [V.] (indra) {287,17}.

-is tā́rkṣyas {89,6}.

-im rátham {180,10}; tā́rkṣyam {1004,1}.

áriṣṭanemi

— 1) Adj. dessen Radfelge unversehrt bleibt.

— 2) m. N.pr. eines Gandharva und verschiedener anderer Personen.

ariṣṭanemi pu0 6 ta0 kaśyapaputre vinatāyāḥ putrabhede “tārkṣya-
ścāriṣṭanemiśca garuḍaśca mahābalaḥ . aruṇaścāruṇiścaita
vinatāyāḥ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ” hnariva0 2 tīrthakare jinabhede ca .

Ariṣṭanemi¹ (“whose felly is unhurt”), a ṛṣi, sometimes

identified with Tārkṣya and sometimes named together with

him. § 99 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2548 (Tārkṣyaś cāriṣṭa-

nemiś ca, among the Vainateyas, the sons of Vinatā).—§ 191

(Arjuna): I, 123, 4830 (do.).—§ 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II,

8, 320 (among the ṛṣis in the palace of Yama), 333 (do.).—

§ 454 (Brāhmaṇamāhātmyak.): III, 184, 12660 (as a prince

of the Haihayas had killed a brahman by error, the Haihayas

repaired to the viprarṣi A. (jagmuś cāriṣṭanemno 'tha

Tārkṣyasyāśramam añjasā)).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII,

208, 7574 (Marīci had a son Kaśyapa or Ariṣṭanemi).—

§ 700 (do.): XII, 289, 10613 (Bhīṣma told Yudhiṣṭhira

the old narrative that was uttered by Tārkṣya Ariṣṭanemi

to Sagara).

Ariṣṭanemi². § 549 (Pāṇḍavapr.): IV, 10, 284 (Saha-

deva introduced himself to Virāṭa as a vaiśya named A.).

Ariṣṭanemi (I) — the son of Purujit [Kurujit (Vi. P.)]

and father of Śrutāyus.

Bhā. IX. 13. 23; Vi. IV. 5. 31.

Ariṣṭanemi (II) — an Asura resident of Tripura. Parti-

cipated in the Devāsura war between Bali and Indra.

Bhā. VIII. 6. 31; 10. 22.

Ariṣṭanemi (III) — the Gandharva presiding over the

month of Puṣya;¹ called on Parīkṣit practising prāyopaveśa.² [Footnote] 1) Bhā. XII. 11. 42. [Footnote] 2) Ib. I. 19. 9.

Ariṣṭanemi (IV) — (Apratiman) grāmaṇi with the He-

manta sun: married four daughters of Dakṣa.

Br. II. 23. 18; 37. 45; M. 5. 13; 146. 16; Vā. 52. 18; 63.

42; 65. 112.

Ariṣṭanemi (V) — a prajāpati:¹ married the four

daughters of Dakṣa and became father of 16 children.² [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 1. 54; Vā. 63. 42. [Footnote] 2) Vi. I. 15. 103, 134.

Ariṣṭanemi (VII) — the Yakṣa who resides in the sun's

chariot during the month of Pauṣa.

Vi. II. 10. 14.

Ariṣṭanemi , n. of a former Buddha: Mv 1.140.5.

ARIṢṬANEMI I . One of the six sons of Vinatā.

1) Genealogy. Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Kaśyapa and Ariṣṭanemi.

Kaśyapa married Dhṛtarāṣṭrī, daughter of Dakṣa. Śukī

was their daughter, Śukī had a daughter Natā and

she a daughter, Vinatā. Ariṣṭanemi, Tārkṣya, Aruṇa,

Garuḍa, Para, Āruṇi and Śrī Vāruṇi were the children

of Vinatā. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Verse 40).

2) Tapaśśakti of Ariṣṭanemi. Ariṣṭanemi with his son

was once performing tapas in the forest. The son was

immersed in meditation clad in the skin of a deer thus

looking like a deer. Parapurañjaya, the King of Hehaya

who happened at the time to be hunting in the forest

discharged his arrow against the son of Ariṣṭanemi taking

him for a deer. When the king found out the real fact

he felt extremely sorry, and he craved pardon of the

boy's father for unwittingly killing his son. Then Ariṣṭa-

nemi pointing out his son who was standing alive

asked the King, “Is this the boy whom you killed?”

The King was naturally wonder-struck. But Ariṣṭa-

nemi told the King that there was nothing to wonder

at in the case as nobody would be able to kill them be-

cause their Tapaśśakti was so great. The King felt so

happy at this, and returned to his palace after prostrat-

ing at the feet of the sage. (M.B., Araṇya Parva,

Chapter 184).

3) Some other details. (1) Sumati, wife of King Sagara

of the Solar dynasty, was the daughter of Ariṣṭanemi.

(Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Canto 38, Verse 4). (2)

Kaśyapa had the synonym Ariṣṭanemi also. (Vālmīki

Rāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa, Canto 66, Verse 4;

Devī Bhāgavata, Saptama Skandha). (3) Ariṣṭanemi's

wives delivered sixteen children. (Agni Purāṇa,

Chapter 19). (4) Ariṣṭanemi has spoken a lot about

the greatness of Brahmins. (M.B., Araṇya Parva,

Chapter 184, Verses 17-22). (5) Ariṣṭanemi once gave

much spiritual advice to King Sagara of the Sūrya

Vaṃśa. (M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 288, Verses

5-46).

ARIṢṬANEMI II . Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter

208, Verse 8 refers to one Ariṣṭanemi, the second son of

Kaśyapa.

ARIṢṬANEMI III . A Rājā called Ariṣṭanemi occupied

a place in the council of Yama. (M.B., Sabhā Parva,

Chapter 8, Verse 9).

ARIṢṬANEMI IV . A false name assumed by Sahadeva

while the Pāṇḍavas lived incognito in the Virāṭa king-

dom. (M.B., Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 5).

ARIṢṬANEMI V . A synonym of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. (M.B.,

Udyoga Parva, Chapter 71, Verse 5).

ARIṢṬANEMI VI . A King. Realising the transient

nature of worldly life, he gave up his kingdom and

went to and did tapas at Mount Gandhamādana. Indra

who was very much pleased at this sent a messenger

with a vimāna (aeroplane) to conduct the King to

Svarga (heaven). When he was told that there was in

Svarga also the states of being high or low, and fall

happened when the effect of good actions decreased,

the King gave up his desire for Svarga and sent back

Indra's messenger. Then Indra sent the King with a

messenger to the Āśrama of Vālmīki so that he might

gain spiritual knowledge. Vālmīki consoled the King

with the advice that the telling, hearing and pondering

over the story of the Rāmāyaṇa alone would be enough

to get eternal salvation. (Yogavāsiṣṭham).

Ariṣṭanemi m.: A mythical bird.

Son of Vinatā (daughter of Dakṣa)

1. 59. 39; came with Tārkṣya and others to

greet Arjuna at his birth 1. 114. 62, 40.